Location, At
Home.
Very little progress
on the RV repairs this week.
I tried to
find where the leak from the kitchen holding tank occurred but had little luck
with that. I figured the best way to tackle that problem was to add water to
the tank using the faucet in the kitchen sink as I had plenty of water in the
tank according to the tank level indicator. However, when I turned the pump on
I got little water and the pump acted like it was sucking air. Adding more water
to the tank allowed the pump to work, sort of.
Looking
on-line for trouble shooting hints I tried a few of the possible fixes. One was
to open the filter/strainer at the pump inlet and clean it and to lube the
rubber O-ring with silicon seal to make sure there were no leaks. Still no
pumping action so eventually I pulled the pump and tested it out of the RV
using a battery to supply 12 volts and a hose stuck in a pail of water for the
inlet side, The outlet side used a piece of hose with a shut off valve to simulate
the real set up in the RV.
It appears
that filter/strainer is allowing air into the system. Removing the filter and
all is ok. The next step will be to reinstall the pump sans filet back in the
RV and see if that works as well. That is tomorrow’s job.
The original
problem of the leak is still a mystery as I now have plenty of water in the
sink grey water tank but no leak. Go figure.
We have had
beautiful weather this week. Temps have been in the 80’s or above which makes
for warm days but great evenings. We are so used to the cool sea breeze’s each
evening that it is a pleasure to have it a little warmer. Our house gets a
little warmer since the large tree in the backyard is gone but we can live with
that.
